On April 27 Paulette and Pat attended the Youth Speaking Up Forum on professional care for LQBTQ2+ youth at Lakehead University in Orillia. It was sponsored by the Gilbert Centre and topics included healthcare, school, housing, families, mental health and employment. The information was excellent and the speakers were knowledgeable and dynamic. One of the…

I’m 22 years old and am a recent graduate of the Arts and Design Fundamentals certificate program at Georgian College. I am extremely interested in Digital Photography, particularly Still Life and Nature Shots. I am very adept at photoshop and enjoy using my computer to enhance and create pieces of digital artwork.  

Artist Statement I am Marshall Abbott. I am a painter with experience in other mediums. My work is non-realistic, sometimes fantastical, often abstract or surreal. My goal in my work is to create art that is a window into another world. Worlds that are noticeably not real but created with enough detail that one can…

Andrew Joseph Roy:  August 22, 1989 March 5, 2018 On March 5, 2018 we lost a wonderful person. On that day, Andrew Roy passed away suddenly at 28. It has been a very difficult month for everyone but last week, we came together to celebrate Andrew’s life. We talked about Andrew the collector, the gamer,…

Andrew Joseph Roy:  August 22, 1989 March 5, 2018 Passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the 28. Loving son of Karen Roy (Dave Thomson) and Larry Roy. Loving brother to Tyler Roy (Stephanie ) and cherished uncle of Henry. Andrew’s cheerful and easy going nature will be sadly missed by all, including…

Transition To Life  Imagine a Life Connectability Info Night

I am in the women’s change room at the local pool, lost in thought. I’m thinking about a lot of things, but mostly that it’s neat to be back, twelve years later, to where the gang took swimming lessons as children. I think of Erik and how we struggled through level one swimming lessons three…

To view in a different format: TTL Brochure – Barrie 2018.pdf  Transition to Life

  This article first appeared in Autism Matters in the Fall 2017 Issue. Click the following link to view the article: Hedley article PDFv2.pdf   About the Author: Teresa is a teacher, writer and autism advocate, but first and foremost, she is mother to Erik (18), a young man on the autism spectrum. For the past four…

We are excited to announce that Integrated Autism Consulting will now provide diagnostic evaluations for adolescents and adults who are thought to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) but have not yet received a diagnosis or who require an updated evaluation for transition services in Ontario. Evaluations typically last several hours over the course of…